The United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Minamata Convention on Mercury: A comparison for the Coal Combustion Sector

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dc.contributor.authorInternational Energy Agency
dc.contributor.authorARCADIS
dc.contributor.organizationEconomy Division
dc.contributor.otherSloss, Lesley
dc.contributor.otherJozewicz, Wojciech
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-31T06:35:22Z
dc.date.available2020-01-31T06:35:22Z
dc.date.issued2015-05
dc.descriptionThis report examines the relationship between the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Minamata Convention on Mercury, focusing on emissions from coal combustion. It compares their objectives, legal structures, implementation approaches, and implications for the coal-fired power sector. The document outlines how both conventions aim to reduce harmful emissions, with one addressing greenhouse gases and the other mercury, while relying on different regulatory and technological pathways. It reviews global energy trends, efficiency improvements, emissions control technologies, inventory methods, and financial mechanisms relevant to coal use. The report highlights areas of overlap, potential synergies, and challenges in aligning policies to achieve simultaneous reductions in carbon dioxide and mercury emissions from existing and future power plants.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/31287
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number44 p.
dc.rights.accessLevelPublic
dc.subjectclimate change
dc.subjectmercury
dc.subjectcombustion
dc.subjectcoal
dc.subjectenergy consumption
dc.subjectUnited States
dc.subjectUnited Kingdom
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectIndustry
dc.subjectMercury
dc.subjectNatural Resources
dc.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
dc.subject.sdgSDG 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
dc.subject.themechemistry
dc.subject.themechemical pollution
dc.titleThe United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Minamata Convention on Mercury: A comparison for the Coal Combustion Sectoren
dc.typeCommunication or other resource

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